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Here’s what I had to do:

1. Download MegaRAID SAS VMware SMIS Provider VIB from the Support & Downloads tab on this page.
2. Enable SSH on my ESXi host. This involved the following steps:
   • Go to the Configuration tab for the host in vSphere Client
   • Select “Security Profile” under Software
   • Click the “Properties…” hyperlink next to Services
   • Click on “SSH” in the list, then “Options…”, then “Start”
3. Use scp to copy the VIB file to /tmp on the host:
   
   scp vmware-esx-provider-LSIProvider.vib root@esxhostname:/tmp

   1	scp vmware-esx-provider-LSIProvider.vib root@esxhostname:/tmp

4. Log into the host via SSH:
   
   ssh root@esxhostname

   1	ssh root@esxhostname

5. Install the VIB file:
   
   esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/vmware-esx-provider-LSIProvider.vib

   1	esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/vmware-esx-provider-LSIProvider.vib

6. If you got signature errors during the installation, install with the option --no-sig-check(official documentation states you can change the sig-check level, but i could not install regardless of the level):
   
   esxcli software vib install --no-sig-check -v /tmp/vmware-esx-provider-LSIProvider.vib

   1	esxcli software vib install --no-sig-check -v /tmp/vmware-esx-provider-LSIProvider.vib

7. Reboot the ESXi host

After the reboot, the “Host storage status” alarm fired as expected when I pulled a drive, so I’m a happy bunny 🙂

For completeness, here’s what I had to do to get it to send me an email when the alarm triggered:

1. Configure SMTP settings
   • Log into the vCenter Server using vSphere Client
   • From the menu, select View / Administration / Server Settings…
   • Click on “Mail” in the panel on the left
   • Enter the name of the SMTP server and sender account (this is kind of lame – would be nice if we could specify a port to connect to, SSL, authentication etc.)
   • Click OK
2. Configure the alarm to send email
   • From the menu, select View / Inventory / Hosts and Clusters
   • In the tree view on the left, click on the object where you want to configure the alarm – either at the top level (which will affect all hosts) or an individual host
   • Select the “Alarms” tab
   • At the top of the list of alarms, make sure “View: Definitions” is selected
   • Locate “Host storage status” in the list of alarms and double-click it
   • Go to the “Actions” tab
   • Add a new “Send a notification email” action
   • In the “Configuration” column next to your new action, enter the email address you need the alarm sent to
   • You probably also want to make sure “Once” is selected in each of the last 4 columns, so you’ll be notified every time the status changes